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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sedative” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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120 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
sedative123885(None) 
sedatives1346151sedatives
dative10311812__dative
elative10312452_elative
ideative1238572ideative
mediative1548122mediative
negative1239082negative
relative11313142relative
sanative11310472sanative
sedate73019812sedat__e
sedating103014112sedating
sedation9312452sedation
seducive1444212seducive
seductive1545612seductive
stative102612932s_tative
ablative1348243ablative
adaptive1445133_adaptive
additive1345863additive
amative12311733_amative
auditive1247163auditive
bedtime1236973bed_time
conative131214623conative
creative132812803creative
curative13310403curative
datives11310073__datives
deductive1645473deductive
denotive1238673denotive
deviative1647723deviative
dilative1239523dilative
donative12139873donative
durative1239073durative
educative15136553_educative
eductive1476863_eductive
elatives1139783_elatives
emotive1239193_emotive
enactive1338513_enactive
ergative1238973ergative
evasive1344663_evasive
exaptive2045253_exaptive
exudative2044893exudative
federative1746163federative
festive1339773fe_stive
fixative2145083fixative
gelatine93213303gelatine
genitive1247643genitive
gestative1347303gestative
hematine131614673hematine
hematite131612153hematite
hepatize2248233hepatize
illative1147183illative
iterative12410713iterative
laudative1344753laudative
laxative1845093laxative
legatine91311403legatine
lenitive1148493lenitive
ligative1258803ligative
locative1338683locative
mediatize2146903mediatize
meditative1646283meditative
mutative1348283mutative
native9613013__native
negatived1444333negatived
negatives1346583negatives
operative141110553operative
optative1347653optative
oxidative2044313oxidative
pedate93117763pedat__e
precative16312573precative
putative1348373putative
radiative1348173radiative
reactive13310473reactive
redate74124683redat__e
redating102620173redating
redrive112410563red_rive
reductive1547793reductive
relatives1239963relatives
restive10315933re_stive
rotative11310343rotative
satire63218003s__atire
saxatile1544953saxatile
seaside839693se_aside
seating84130683se_ating
secretive1446933secretive
sectile9311973se_ctile
sedarim1047113sedari_m
sedated93714353sedat_ed
sedately1245223sedately
sedater83713633sedat_er
sedates83418043sedat_es
sedatest9249393sedatest
sedations10311253sedations
sedile73517233sed__ile
sedition939333sedition
seedtime1144183seedtime
selective1449523selective
sematic111716873semati_c
senate63725173senat__e
sensitive1246963sensitive
sepaline10311343sepaline
separative1546973separative
septime1138803se_ptime
serotine8313573serotine
sestine73017923se_stine
sextile1438573se_xtile
siccative1645103siccative
sodalite9109593sodalite
sodamide1245453sodamide
sonatine8313323sonatine
sorptive1346473sorptive
sportive1348333sportive
statice92614033s_tatice
statives112710793s_tatives
steatite8310583steatite
suasive1037853s_uasive
sudation9310803sudation
summative1646203summative
teatime9310083te_atime
tentative1247813tentative
vegetive1545543vegetive
vocative1637913vocative

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911461620.923193598.0
2DLD Change Limit1461621207.71618942.7
3Display Results1201200.0462608.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911208.68520574.7
 
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